Sinners, (Ryan Coogler, 2025)
During our science fiction readings as part of the Unofficial Book Club we've, not surprisingly, talked a lot about world building. This is also something that I thought of when I read the first two books in the Dune series. I thought of this the other night when I finally got around to watching Ryan Coogler's Sinners. Obviously, it's challenging to create anything new and meaningful when you're working in something as thoroughly explored as the vampiric, but Coogler imagines and realizes a rich and layered world, and the metaphors, if sometimes a bit heavy-handed, also work. I don't know if Sinners is worthy of setting the all-time Oscars record for nominations, but it's also awfully damn good. Highly recommended.
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